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submerge

/səbˈmɜːdʒ/suhb-MURJ
/səbˈmɝdʒ/suhb-MURJ

Meaningto sink under

Common meaning: to sink or plunge beneath water

‘under’ + ‘to dip under, sink’ → submerge

Journey through time

  1. Latinmergō, mersī, mersum‘to dip under, sink’
  2. Frenchsubmersion
  3. Englishsubmerge‘to sink or plunge beneath water’ · today

sub- also in: subornsubtlesuburbsubalternsubjugate

merg also in: mergemerger

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin mergō ‘to dip under, sink’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mergō, p. 1136 · dictionary scan

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Related words

mergemerger

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